Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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